THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Post Specification
Educational Design Specialist
[to be appointed at the substantive level of Senior Project Fellow / Project Fellow]
[Appointment period: twenty-four months]
The University has been awarded project funding to develop and provide systematic and structured online and blended professional development opportunities for higher education institutions across Hong Kong to develop teachers' skills of online and blended teaching. The Blended & Online Learning & Teaching (BOLT) Project aims to work in synergy and collaboratively with academic staff from five Hong Kong institutions to design a unique and an authentic learning experience that will help to develop a professional learning community between educational developers and academic teaching staff.
Duties
The appointee will be required to:
(a) design relevant resources including curriculum, content and assessment activities to facilitate and support academic staff in their continuing professional development of using learning technology for their teaching;
(b) coordinate, lead and facilitate the BOLT project team to deliver, moderate and assess the professional development opportunities offered by the project;
(c) provide consultation and expertise to the project team, faculties, departments and individual academic staff members in relation to the project within and outside the University;
(d)participate in the managing of data related to the evaluation and impact of the BOLT project;
(e)work collaboratively with other members of the project team; and
(f) contribute to all aspects of the project and associated tasks as directed by the project leader.
Qualifications
For the post of Senior Project Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree plus at least six years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience. For the post of Project Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree plus at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.
For both posts, applicants should also have:
(a) proven competence and experience in supporting teaching staff in their use of learning technologies (e.g. consultations, workshops and courses);
(b) expertise in the use of innovative technologies for e-learning development and knowledge of learning management system (e.g. Blackboard and Moodle); and
(c) excellent communication, consultation and interpersonal skills with a high level of proficiency in written and spoken English.
Preference will be given to those with professional qualifications in a relevant area (e.g. FHEA and CMALT) and experience in supporting and teaching via online or blended approaches.
Applicants are invited to contact Mr Darren Harbutt at tel no. 2766 4778, fax no. 2334 1569 or email [log in to unmask] for further information.
Remuneration
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered. Applicants should state their current and expected salary in the application.
February 2016
Deadline for application: 8 March 2016
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